David Rudisha

Biographical information

Roles	Competed in Olympic Games • Closing Flagbearer
Sex	Male
Full name	David Lekuta•Rudisha
Used name	David•Rudisha
Born	17 December 1988 in Kilgoris, Narok (KEN)
Measurements	190 cm / 76 kg
NOC	Kenya

Games	Discipline (Sport) / Event	NOC / Team	Pos	Medal	As
2012 Summer Olympics	Athletics	KEN			David Rudisha
	800 metres, Men (Olympic)		1	Gold
2016 Summer Olympics	Athletics	KEN			David Rudisha
	800 metres, Men (Olympic)		1	Gold

Records may have been broken subsequently during the same competition.

Games	Date	Sport	Event	Phase	Mark	Pos
2012 Summer Olympics	9 August 2012	Athletics	800 metres, Men	Final Round	1:40.91 WR	1

Games	Role	NOC	As
2012 Summer Olympics	Flagbearer at the Closing Ceremony	KEN	David Rudisha

Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the World Athletics Championships (2–0–0 2011 Daegu gold: 800 m; 2015 Beijing gold: 800 m)
Listed in Current Olympic Record Holders in Athletics (800 m 1:40.91 (2012))
Listed in Olympians Who Won a Medal at the British Empire/Commonwealth Games (0–1–0 2014 Glasgow ATH silver: 800 m)
Listed in Athletes Who Successfully Defended Their Olympic Title in the Same Event in Back-to-Back Games (800 metres, Men: London 2012/Rio de Janeiro 2016)
Listed in Current World Record Holders in Athletics (800 m 1:40.91 (2012 at the Olympics))